War Crimes

An explicit written order has not been -- nor should be -- necessary, whether for international justice or for collective memory.

The prospect of a UN commemoration of the 1995 massacres in Bosnia as genocide has revived denials of the motives behind the killings.

A pending General Assembly vote on an annual global commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide is spurring vociferous debate.

There is now a clear majority of support for draft Article 7, at least to the extent that it provides for the inapplicability of functional immunity to the crimes of genocide,…

About the legal assessment States providing material support to Israel in the form of arms must undertake.

While immediate access to food and aid is the most urgent need, the crises in Sudan and Gaza also raise key questions about individual criminal responsibility.

We, as the international community including Israel, should embrace an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to prevent civilians from starving.

Use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare demands accountability. The question in Sudan is how best to pursue it. In the meantime, the key imperative is for all of…

A Dutch court recently convicted a man of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Syrian civil war.

Prosecutions for environmental destruction have been notably absent from war crimes trials to date. In Ukraine, this is about to change.

The special tribunal would be able to try for the crime of aggression any person who the ICC has finally tried for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Спеціальний трибунал зможе судити за злочин агресії будь-яку особу, яку МКС нарешті судив за жорстокі…